Genesis 45:16-28 - The Return For Jacob

16 When the news reached the palace that Joseph's brothers had come, the king and his officials were pleased. 17 The king said to Joseph: Tell your brothers to load their animals and to return to the land of Canaan. 18 Have them get their father and their families and come back here. I will give them the best of the land in Egypt. They will have more than enough to live on. 19 Tell them to take wagons with them from Egypt to bring their wives and small children and to bring their father with them. 20 They should not worry about leaving their possessions behind. The best in the whole land of Egypt will be theirs.

21 The sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons filled with food for the trip, as the king had ordered. 22 Joseph gave some new clothes to each of his brothers. He gave Benjamin five new outfits and three hundred pieces of silver. 23 To his father he sent ten donkeys loaded with the best things in Egypt. And ten other donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other food for the return trip. 24 Then he sent his brothers off and told them: Do not argue on the way home!

25 Joseph's brothers left Egypt. When they arrived in Canaan, 26 they told their father that Joseph was still alive and was the ruler of Egypt. But their father was so surprised that he could not believe them. 27 Then they told him everything Joseph said. When he saw the wagons Joseph had sent, he felt much better.

28 He said: Now I can believe you! My son Joseph must really be alive. I will get to see him before I die.